Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: FISHER, MELISSA L

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1611 1654 1658

This examiner grants 44% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

44.2%
Allow Rate
-15.8% vs TC avg
476
Total Applications
+42.3%
Interview Lift
1295
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 462 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
8.6%
§102 Novelty
58.7%
§103 Obviousness
8.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18030433 CHIMERIC CONJUGATES FOR DEGRADATION OF VIRAL AND HOST PROTEINS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
18278508 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING, AMELIORATING, OR TREATING DISEASE CAUSED BY PROTEIN NITRATION COMPRISING PEPTIDE WITH TERMINAL TYROSINE AS EFFECTIVE COMPONENT Non-Final OA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
18249858 FUSION PROTEIN TARGETING MITOCHONDRIA, METHOD OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
18338477 Paclitaxel Prodrug, Preparation Method and Application Thereof Final Rejection WEST CHINA HOSPITAL, SICHUAN UNIVERSITY
18024624 PEPTIDES ENDOWED WITH ANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY Non-Final OA Dompe' Farmaceutici SPA
18273868 Treatment Of Integrin-Related Disorders With Stapled Peptides Non-Final OA Institute For Cancer Research d/b/a The Research Institute of Fox Chase Cancer Center
18359420 DELTA T-CELL OR GAMMA RECEPTOR CHAINS OR PARTS THEREOF FOR TREATING OVARIAN CANCER Non-Final OA Gadeta B.V.
18340863 PEPTIDE HYDROGEL COMPRISING HYDROPHILIC AZIDE-CONTAINING AMINO ACID AND ITS USE Non-Final OA The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human servi
18139254 METHODS FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES WITH a4B7 INTEGRIN ANTAGONISTS Non-Final OA Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.

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